Video Transcript for An In-Depth Look at the CE Smith Panel Bracket for 8" Boat Trailer Rollers

Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com, and today, we're gonna take a brief look at the CE Smith Galvanized Steel Panel Bracket for eight inch boat trailer rollers. Now, typically installed upright on the crossmembers of a boat trailer, panel brackets hold keel and spool rollers that help to keep the boat moving while it is being loaded and to stabilize the keel. This one piece panel bracket is going to brace an eight inch roller on your boat trailer to help you easily load and transport your boat, and it will bolt to your trailer's frame, but it is important to note that this does not include mounting hardware, so if you don't have that already, that is something that you would have to purchase separately. This is made in the USA of 11-gauge galvanized steel, it's gonna resist rust and corrosion, and as you can see here, there are six gussets, three on each side, that are going to provide extra strength by stiffening the bends. The slotted mounting holes are going to allow you to adjust the position during installation. By the way, galvanized steel parts are hot-dipped in zinc after being stamped, this creates a coating that is typically three millimeters to five millimeters thick, and this thick all around coating is going to allow galvanized steel products to provide years of use without rusting or corroding, so this is gonna be suitable for saltwater exposure.

So you are gonna get one bracket. Let me pull out my ruler here and try to give you some overall dimensions. Looking at the width first, we are sitting, from edge to edge, let me move my finger out of the way there so you can see, we're looking at about 8 1/8 inches wide overall, edge to edge, and looking at the height, we are sitting right at about 7 3/4 inches tall it looks like, 7 3/4 inches tall, that's probably a better view there of the ruler, and then looking at the depth, at the deepest point here, we are sitting right at about 3 1/2 inches deep at the deepest point. And then this is going to accept an 8 7/8 inches long by 5/8 of an inch in diameter roller shaft. And then the mounting slot dimensions, we're sitting right at five inches long, and of course, that's gonna be the same for the top one as well, and then looking at the width of that slot, we're sitting right at a half an inch wide, and then measuring the spacing of the mounting slots, and I'm gonna be measuring center to center as closely as I can, we're sitting at six inches apart center to center.

Now, if you need U-bolt or swivel brackets or bunk boards or anything else like that, we have those items and more here at our website at etrailer.com, so take a look and see if there's anything else that you can use and need. But that's gonna conclude our look today, I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy, thank you for joining me..